“I’m Not Your Manic Pixie Dream Girl,” She Said

Looking into her eyes, I knew the truth.

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A long time ago, I knew a girl who shifted my world on its axis to the point my life was unrecognizable starting from the day I met her. The photos are gone — purged in an era of digital mayhem — but I can still close my eyes and recall her neon-dyed hair falling in strands along her shoulders. Her eyes were like…